Originally, this covered bridge spanned Sycamore Creek on Busey Road, near Pickerington. Fairfield County offered this bridge free of charge to anyone willing to preserve it. The estimated cost to move and restore the bridge back then was $25,000. It was relocated to Sycamore Park in 1986.

James W. Buchanan was born in 1846 in Fairfield County, Ohio. In 1864, young Buchanan joined the 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry of Lancaster. He was alongside Gen. Sherman's men in Georgia during the War. After the war, Buchanan returned home and began learning the bridge building trade from a local bridge builder named Jacob R. Brandt. Buchanan lost numerous contracts to more experienced contractors early in his career. He repaired and rebuilt bridges until he obtained his first contract by underbidding August Borneman. He quickly established himself in Fairfield County. By 1888, most of the longer bridge contracts were going to him. A trademark of Buchanan's work was the camber of the bridge. Buchanan ended his career in 1916.